Ruy Teixeira on How the Democrats Lost the Working Class
Yascha Mounk and Ruy Teixeira discuss what Biden would need to do to rebuild a broad coalition for the 2024 election. Ruy Teixeira is a political scientist, the co-founder and politics editor of The ...
27 Tammi 202458min
Albert Wu on Taiwan’s Past, Present and Future
Yascha Mounk and Albert Wu discuss how historical divisions explain the outcome of the island’s recent elections. Albert Wu is a Taiwanese historian and the author, with his wife Michelle Kuo, of the...
20 Tammi 202454min
Rob Henderson on Foster Care, Social Class and the New American Elite
Yascha Mounk and Rob Henderson discuss his journey from poverty to the Ivy League—and how it has shaped his view of America. Rob Henderson is a writer and author of Rob Henderson’s Newsletter. His for...
13 Tammi 20241h 41min
Tyler Austin Harper on How to Fix American Universities
Yascha Mounk and Tyler Austin Harper discuss the state of academia and the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay. Tyler Austin Harper is a writer and an assistant professor of environmental st...
6 Tammi 20241h 18min
Branko Milanovic on Globalization
Yascha Mounk and Branko Milanovic discuss the history and trajectory of global inequality. Branko Milanovic is an economist and a professor in the Graduate Center at The City University of New York. F...
24 Joulu 20231h 16min
Mary Harrington on Feminism
Yascha Mounk and Mary Harrington debate whether or not societies have made significant progress towards gender equality. Mary Harrington is a writer and a contributing editor at UnHerd. She is the aut...
16 Joulu 202344min
Philip Pettit on What It Means to Be Free
Yascha Mounk and Philip Pettit discuss small-r “republicanism” and how to make sure people don’t suffer from domination. Philip Pettit is the L.S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Hu...
9 Joulu 20231h 18min
Tara Isabella Burton on the Myth of Self-Creation
Yascha Mounk and Tara Isabella Burton discuss the shift in modern societies away from external truths to a new gospel of finding one’s authentic self. Tara Isabella Burton is a writer and novelist. S...
2 Joulu 202359min
